Reporting methodological search filter performance comparisons: A literature review

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 176-194

  Harbour, Jennifer ^a   Fraser, Cynthia ^b   Lefebvre, Carol ^c   Glanville, Julie ^d   Beale, Sophie ^e   Boachie, Charles ^b   Duffy, Steven ^f   Mccool, Rachael ^d   Smith, Lynne ^a  

^a HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Lefebvre Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bibliographic databases; Information storage and retrieval; Methodological filters; Precision; Recall; Review, literature

Indexed keywords

DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PROCEDURES; SEARCH ENGINE; STANDARDS;

DATA ACCURACY; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; SEARCH ENGINE;

EID: 85001832899     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hir.12070     Document Type: Review

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